Stock-watering-tank valve.



No. 735,918. PATENTED AUG. l1, 1903.

' P. TIFFANY. .Y

STOCK WATERING TANK VALVE.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 11, V1902.

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'- UNITED STAT-ns Patented August 11, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. '7 35,918, dated August 11, 1903. Application filed January 11, 1992. Serial No. 89,361. (lilo model.)

To all whom, it may concern.' I;

Be it known that I, PHILo TIFFANY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cherokee, in the county of Cherokee and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Stock-Watering-Tank Valve, of which the following is a specification.

The inventionrelates to improvements in stock-watering-tank valves.

The object of the presentinvention is to improve the construction of valves for controlling the supply of water from a tank or reservoir to a watering-trough and to provide a simple, inexpensive,` and efficient device adapted to be readily applied to a barrel or other form of tank or reservoir and adapted to be readily operated by an animal and capable of receiving the snout of ahog and of dis- Y charging Water substantially into the mouth of the animal.

The invention consists in the construclion and novel combination and arrangementof parts hereinafter fullydescribed, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto' appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a device constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view showing the same applied to a portion of a barrel.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in both figures of the drawings.

1 designates a barrel forming a reservoir or tank and provided near the bottom with an aperture 2, through which extends a horizontal tube 3; but any other form of reservoir may be employed for this purpose, and the said reservoir is designed to be packed in some non-heat-conducting material, such as manure or the like. The tube .3 extends into the reservoir and projects outward beyond the same and is provided with guides 4 and 5, consisting of diaphragms provided with central guide-openings, and the inner one has an aperture 7 for the passage of water. The cen'- tral guide-openings receive a longitudinallymovable valve-stem 8, which extends entirely through the tube and which is provided at its rear end with a valve which seats itself against the inner end of the tube, whereby the latter is closed. The valve consists of a metal disk portion 13 of the inner` end of the valve-stem.

The outer end of the'valve-stem is extended downward and supports an approximately inverted-U-shaped nose-plate 14, which extends downward from the valve-stem and which consists of a horizontal top portion and depending downwardly-diverging sides. A hog may poke its nose through the opening of the plate 14, and by depressing the plate and the valve-stem against the action of a coiled spring 15 the valve is opened and water iiows through the tube,which is provided at the bottom with an outlet-opening 16, and the mouth of the animal is located directly beneath this opening. The water flowing through the opening 16 will practically Iiow into the mouth of the'animahand the waste of water will thereby be reduced to a minimum. The spring which is disposed on the valve-stem is interposed between the outer guide 4 and a stop 17, mounted on the outer portion of the valve-stem and consisting, preferably, of a nut, which is adapted to be adj usted to Vary the tension of the spring. The water flowing through the dischargeopening 16 is conducted through the outer end of the tube to enable an animal to obtain it more readily by means of a spout 2 5, located beneath the tube and inclined downward and outward. The Water is prevented from owing outward through the tube by means of the disk or guide 4, which forms a shield for the spring. In cold weather when it is desired to hold the valve closed tightly a supplemental spring 27 may be employed, and it is connected at one end with the valvestem by means of a ring 28, arranged on the stem near the plate 14. The other end of the spring is designed to be secured by a stake or any other suitable means for placing the spring under tension. The inrier end bfthe valve-stem is perforated for the reception of a key 29 to prevent the nutsfrom becoming accidentally unscrewed. The tube is held against longitudinal movement by a pair of clamps 1S, arranged at the inner and outer faces of the barrel and provided with perforated terminals 19, connected by bolts 20, which cause the clamps or bands to engage IDO the tube tight1y,and the said bands or clamps form stops for preventing any inward or outward movement of the tube.

The device is provided at the inner end of the tube with a strainer 21, consisting of a tube 22 and a coveringof wire-gauze or other screen material, and the tube 22, which may be fitted directly on the inner end of the tube 3, preferably has a tube or sleeve 23 interposed between it and the said tube 3. The screen material covers the end of the tube 22, and the latter is also provided with openings 24 to permit the water to ow through the sides of the strainer.

What I claim isl. The combination with a water-reservoir, of a discharge-pipe, a valve for closing the inner end of the pipe, a valve-stem adapted to actuate the val ve, a guide-plate for the valvestem consttutinga closure for the outer end of the pipe, said pipe havinga discharge-opening through its side wall between the valve and guide-plate, and a spring for the valvestem situated i-n the discharge-pipe outside of the guide-plate.

animal for actuating the stem, said plate hav` ing an opening which will permitthe animals mouth to occupy a position beneath the discharge-spout, and a spring for the Valve-stem situated in the discharge-pipe outside of the guideplate, whereby the spring Will be protected from contact with the water.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto afixed my signatu rein the presence of two witnesses.

PIIILO TIFFANY.

Vvitnesses:

GEO. A. GREEN, LOUIS A. WINEKE. 

